The effect of visual fidelity on transfer of training and awareness states

Summarization: This research investigates the effect of rendering quality and scene context on transfer of training with an immersive Virtual Environment (VE). 24 participants across two visual conditions of varying shadow information (absence/presence of shadows) were exposed to a simulated real-world scene and subsequently completed an object-based memory recognition task in the real world environment simulated. Results revealed a higher proportion of recollections associated with mental imagery after training in the flat-shaded condition. These findings comply with similar paradoxical effects revealed in three earlier studies which demonstrated that low interaction fidelity 3D interfaces provoked a higher proportion of recognitions based on visual mental images.Παρουσιάστηκε στο: 2nd symposium on Applied perception in graphics and visualizatio